Mississippi mud

I remember breaking ground
Where the earth was bone dry
Dayli swim
Underneath that blaze and delta sky

You put your seeds in the ground
And pray for rain
All for the chance
To do it all again

Its in my soul, and in my blood
That old mississipi mud

I found out early
You gotta stay behind the mule
I've learned thing in the field
I did never learn'd in school

Oh lord listen, oh lord
I can't understand
You cry so hard
That the cotton's get in your nees

Its in my soul, and in my blood
That old mississipi mud

When I got to chicago
I learned the city ways
But I keep in me some mississippi
Everything I play

I knew a man in muddy
He does some crying too
Took me in like a brother
And we made up some country blues

Its in my soul, and in my blood
Yeah, that old, mississipi mud

You don't know what I'm talking about

Yeah, its in my soul, and in my blood, listen
That old mississipi mud